The Brightest Star in the Sky

To be honest I'm not sure how to feel about this book. It was scattered nearly all the way through, then extremely hard to get through and then terrifying and finally hopeful. I think the hopeful bit at the end is what saved the whole thing for me. Keyes doesn't stray from tough subjects and brutal writing, but I just wasn't expecting some of this.

I liked it much more than I thought I would! Got annoyed and confused with some ofthe characters, yes, but that's to be expected; and all in all, even then it was very well written. A keeper.

I don't normally read books of this genre (it's listed as chick-lit and/or romance). But I found the book by a pool in Thailand, and it had the word star in the title, so I thought that I'd give it a chance as I sunbathed.

I have to give the book four stars due to the pace in which I consumed the book (the short chapters made it so easy to just keep reading). It was funny, clever, Irish. I loved how early on I was invested in the characters. It was a little annoying not knowing the point from which the narrator is coming from, but about 2/3 through the book enough clues are given, so my annoyance waned. Also, I saw as to why Maeve was distressed SO early on that it was a bit frustrating for me to read about her. Also I disliked Jemima's 'death scene', it was a bit too cheesy , but the way the Grudge was wonderfully done.So, overall, quite cheesy, sublimely funny, sad at parts, and an expectedly campy ending.